Samba Pa Ti

one thing ive noticed from this thread is that people may have been using multiple accounts to vote for themselves in gotm, this shouldnt be allowed and IP's should be checked on all the voters to make sure this isnt going on (this might happen already).

from the looks of things the mods are aware of this already though.

EG http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.ph...mp;#entry474471

the list is endless,

what type of amp have you got ?

what type of music do you play ?

if you have a tube amp a tube screamer or treble booster can liven it up a bit, theres a few distortions that work nice with tube amps too (big muff and one knob fuzz come to mind). i find that none of these peds work with solid state amps very well just get a flavour but no boost.

could also get a wah wah as well, but theres a lot to choose from.

not every gotm entry is built by the person who enters in, it could be a custom build by somone off the forum or elsewhere, people are just trying to show off their guitars which i think should be encouraged.

It defeats the purpose of GOTM if you enter something you haven't built.

I'll go buy a PRS Dragon guitar and then enter that. It's built buy the custom shop part of Paul Reed Smith

people have bought guitars built by people from the forums then entered them into gotm, seen this before and its never been frowned upon.

not every gotm entry is built by the person who enters in, it could be a custom build by somone off the forum or elsewhere, people are just trying to show off their guitars which i think should be encouraged.

original one is sexier i must say lol

weird pickup, its got a bobbin that has screws in it, the trisonics that i have dont, they have metal lugs. tri-sonic is crooked on the cover too.

i suspect its a bloody ancient one, thats not like any of the ones ive got.

EDIT

updated with pictures of a kent armstrong one,

may rewound all his pickups apparently, for a while you could buy pickups like this from WD music they were slightly more vintage sounding (apparently).

as for reverse winding it, that wouldnt be needed as his series wiring had switches to reverse the polarity, the magnet could have been changed though.

ive got 2 sets of burns trisonics and they sound good but are nothing more than single coils with a bit more crunch (like mini p90's).

i have a set in a burns guitar and a set of kent armstrong ones which are slightly higher quality.

some info here about the V ones http://www.brianmaycentral.net/pickups.html

i dont think kent armstrong makes them anymore.

looks ok to me, is the guitar fspaced ? (53mm string spacing)

what do the pickup pole pieces measure ?

53mm for fspace

48mm for non fspacing

why is it bad to connect it to the output jack ?

in the long run its wired up the same electrically

nope...

rule #1 about electric guitar wiring: never, ever, disconnect the signal to the amp. If you want to shut the signal up, there are other ways to do it like the one I show in this thread... this way you will never get the "accidentally unplugged guitar buzz problem"...

the way you show is the same as sending hot to ground at the jack.

whats the deal with disconnecting the signal to amp ? (its not actually disconnected its just shorted) it wont break it, theres no high voltages, its not dangerous.

so why is it bad to connect it to the output jack ?

theres already tutorials on here that show killswitches wired this way, ive got schematics for wiring guitars with killswitches off the manufacturer that show them wired this way, so whats so special....

http://alexplorer.net/guitar/mods/killswitch.html

that shows the right way and the wrong way to wire at the output jack.

why is it bad to connect it to the output jack ?

in the long run its wired up the same electrically

i like the layout and shape, one thing i noticed was that the body looks very thin, it makes the neck look set or thru, yet there are 3 screws on the back.

the back view actually looks thicker than the sides.

poly on an oil finish ?

got a similar problem with my guitar, stained telecaster neck, i posted about it earlier on the forums, heres a picture and link to the thread

http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/6545/dscf0506x.jpg

http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.ph...c=42957&hl=

probably wont help but its the same problem i think.

i use waxed string, its fiddly but works ok for me

thats the point i was trying to make, you will need some tools to correct it, its gonna require a bit of altering before it will work.

looks like a horrible fit to me, if you have to modify the kit that much you get to the point where you might as well build your own neck.

ive only bought pickups off gfs but they were junk, sound like crap and one of them fell apart after a while (bobbin was cracked and pickup wire was not connected right), i didnt wanna spend any time repairing it so i just got something else.

some of the japan squiers (and other japanese guitars) are better than some of the us fenders, the 80's models are noted for very high quality.

this makes it a bit of a minefield as you can get some squiers with absolutely crap parts and made of plywood lam.

now those look a bit more accurate than countersinking from the back and front untill its big enough, thanks for the replys : )

anyone know what size drillbit is needed for a stompbox switch ?

the max size ive got is big enough for input/output jack sockets but not big enough for the stomp switch, i have been using a countersink bit to bore the hole out a bit more but thats a bit hit and miss.

i agree with the posts about buying a power supply, but the stompbox idea is quite good (even if batterys do last ages). sending power to the pickups whilst getting the signal from one cable would be nice, just need a cable with 4 pins which could be done with XLR4, using an xlr cable and putting an xlr socket into the guitar is the only drawback.

(14) Why is only copper wire used in guitars/amps? its not, aluminium, silver wire can be used

Samba Pa Ti, does that mean that aluminium or other metal foil besides copper can be used for shielding purposes inside the guitar housing? Or is copper still the best metal for this job even with its high cost?

alluminium works fine and is used in loads of guitars, if you have the budget put copper in, another good way is shielding paint but id only buy that if i was shielding a lot of guitars.

(1) When you plug a passive pickup into a guitar amp, does the amplifier send power into the guitar's circuit? Or is it just a one-way signal flow from the guitar to the amp? no

(2) What kind of power is flowing inside a guitar circuit between the pickups, pots and output jack? There must be some level of low-wattage electricity. Is the electricity generated by the magnetics in the pickup? Is there still power flowing in the guitar's circuit even when the guitar is not plugged in (assuming it's a complete circuit)? the strings vibration over the pickups creates the power, the amp boosts that so you can hear it.

(5) Is the signal coming out of the guitar before amplification considered line-level? no

(11) When I look at the internals of an amp, the wiring consists of little, thin wires and circuit boards up until the actual amplification. After amplification, I begin to see thick, beefier wires. What is the difference between pre-amp and post-amp wiring? Just a larger gauge/thickness of wire?

(12) Why is a larger wire necessary after amplification?

(13) How do you know what type of wire you need? Is there only pre-amp and post-amp wire types? you can use any, just make sure its thick enough for the amount of voltage going through it, or it will be like fuse wire.

(14) Why is only copper wire used in guitars/amps? its not, aluminium, silver wire can be used

(15) What happens if you accidentally touch the live wires inside of a guitar while it is plugged into an amp? Will it zap you? no

(16) If you temporarily short the circuit inside a guitar, can you ruin some of the electronics? no, thats how kill switches work

(17) What about post-amplification wires? I have an amp that outputs 120 watts @ 8 ohms. Is that enough to zap you if you accidentally touch the live wire? speakers can give you a shock if they are high voltage, ive not had one from a guitar amp.

(18) Can you ruin the amp if you temporarily short circuit the wires? very possible if you mess with the internals.

never heard of that guitar, is it a brand ?

threaded inserts, machine screws, dunno what type of ferrules they are but on a strat you can just use a normal backplate, there are ferrules available if you dont want a backplate so maybe they are just them.

another kit here but its expensive > http://www.manchesterguitartech.co.uk/hardware.html

the parts are available on ebay for about $15

eg

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/M4-x-10mm-Un-Headed-...ET#ht_500wt_853

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/WOOD-INSERTS-TYPE-D-...MJ#ht_522wt_836

finding the screws seems a bit harder

been trying to search for things and it keeps saying flood protection is on before i have searched for anything, even searching for my own threads/posts does not bring up any results and gives me the same error.

is this a known error or has some setting been turned off ?